Who Should I Trade?

Jeff Criswell for Michael Mercado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jeff Criswell RP - COL	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 891	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	12	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.97	5.63
WHIP	1.50	1.88

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jeff Criswell RP - COL	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	4.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	4.50	‐

WHIP	1.75	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jeff Criswell RP - COL	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.0	0.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	1

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	12	1

Walks	6	1

ERA	4.97	5.63

WHIP	1.50	1.88

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jeff Criswell RP - COL	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	The Rockies have placed right-hander Jeff Criswell on the 15-day injured list due to a right shoulder strain. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 18th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	The Rockies optioned RHP Jeff Criswell to Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Rockies have recalled right-hander Jeff Criswell from Triple-A Albuquerque. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th
	The Rockies activated Jeff Criswell from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Rockies right-hander Jeff Criswell pitched two scoreless innings with four strikeouts in his latest rehab appearances for Triple-A Albuquerque. Brenton Kemp Thu, May 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jeff Criswell RP - COL			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#341
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#238	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#255	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#342
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#290	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#274
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#429	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#242
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ STL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs TB
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sat, Apr 25th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, May 5th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Jeff Criswell for Michael Mercado (2026)

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